Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-12-18
CFron Thursdays Daily.
aALMAGUNDL.

por in San Franci-co.
Another very cold night makes the
ice crop perfect.
The Salvation Amy is attracting
great crowds at HALEY, Idaho.
Regular meeting Exc Lodge No. Is,
h. Of z. at Castle Hall tonight.
The bill of the New York World for
type setting alone Amonuts to SO. 900 a
week.
The Prince Of Wries has ordered n
fine gold watch which he will present to
John l.. Sullivan.
w. t. Crane. OF South Fork, has
some valuable cattle for sale. See lis
ad. in another column.
We expect soou to see the dead walls
ornamented with the legend, Chew
Blaine Plug Tobacco"
The various ice houses in town will
soon be filed with as fine ice as was
ever cut on the Humboldt.
II you want to sell your Holiday
Goods, advertise them. Let the people
know what you have to sell.
If you ike Gu", fresh oysters. call at
the Gem where they are served up in
any style. Sold also by the can or
case.
81. Ferry has almost entirely recov-
cred from the slight wounds received ut
the hands Of an assassin last Saturday
night.
The NJ tsonic nag il placed at half
mast to-day as a tribute to the memory
Of a deceased worthy Bother. Edward
Truman.
An Iowa Republican paper offers this
prescription: ''rhe thing for the Re-
publican party to do is to do nothing for
six months"
Mr.. John Vowel has orr thanks for
half q dozen fine fat prgcons. They
make "A fine dinner, and John has
swhrIns OF them.
The stock of the Pondere mine at
Tuscnrora vas called in the San Fran
cisco Exchange on Monday morning aud
400 shares sold at Is cents.
Alta: : Miss Frances Willard pronoun-
ces the whisky tax "a cov,neut with
he'll and n compact with d]amnation."
Now Mr.. Blaine can see what sort OF n
hairpiu he is.
Baltimore MISUNDERSTANDING chances
at church fairs mny not he gambling.
aud it really isn't. In gambling, for
instance, there is a slight show of get
ting something.
State papers are acknowledging re.
ceipt Of the Congressional Record. So
far the lSDErgSDESr has been over
looked. wilI Senator Stewart please
place us on the list?
Harper, the Fidelity Bank bordler wns
convicted and sentenced in Cincinnati.
and let the same evening for Columbus
where he will reside for n term OF years
In the Ohio Pen!;en;iary.
c. C.. Warner left last evening for
Reno where he will spend the Winter.
He may possibly return in the Spring
but il is quite probable that he will
make Reno his future home.
The early bird catches the worm" is
what the New Jersey G. A. X. thought
when they elected Burd Grub rs Com
mander. 1t ID not a good way to spell
bird. but n grub is a worm all the
same.
Ell. Sritz. formerly Sheriff Of Elko
county, cam MP from Reno yesterday
and left on this mornings stage for
TuscRrora where lie will remain during
the Winter in the employ Of the Pom
deere Mining Company.
George Crane has received the necncy
o; this county for the most populur book
Of the day. II y"u want something
new, fresh md entertaining subscribe
for a copy OF Samantha at Saratoga"
See ad. elsewhere.
We are pleased t. that Mr..
A. Is. Miller. who was injured by the
runaway yesterday, is getting along
nicely, being almost free from pain.
lie does not think his Injuries serious
and hopes to be out again in n few
days.
The indications are that the great
political contest Of 1858 will open with
Bluiue and Cleveland ms leaders Of
their respective parties. This il as it
should bc and we hops to see both
nominated at the coming National
Conventions.
s. +. Post:--Maroney seems to he
depending on the number OF witnesses
instead Of on the testimony they give.
He has had tif.y up already. When lie
gets through the in is expected to
have forgotten NJ about the fact that he
shot Judge Murphy.
White Pine county honsts Of having n
long term Commissioner. who never ut
tends n meeting OF the B,nrd Of County
Commissioners. and who has his salary
sent him regularly. lfo viii soon need
m Dpnr Man'a pI,sIpr mn, ltpI ia his